I N take thee M to my wedded husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in s...ickness and in health, to love, cherish, and to obey, till death us do part, according to God's holy ordinance; and thereto I give thee my troth.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

You are more than entitled not to know what the word 'performative' means. It is a new word and an ugly word, and perhaps it does ...not mean anything very much. But at any rate there is one thing in its favor, it is not a profound word.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

How often must I repeat, that I know or am conscious of my own being; and that I myself am not my ideas, but somewhat else, a thin...king, active principle that perceives, knows, wills, and operates about ideas?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

[A trip to France] will make you adore your own country, it's soil, it's climate, it's equality, liberty, laws, people and manners.... My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »